Section 540: Power to summon material witness or examine person present
The Code of Criminal Procedure · Code of Criminal Procedure · Chapter XLVI · in_force
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Any Court may, at any stage of any inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Code, summon any person as a witness, or examine any person in attendance, though not summoned as a witness, or recall and re-examine any person already examined; and the Court shall summon and examine or recall and re-examine any such person if his evidence appears to it essential to the just decision of the case.
Effective date: 1898-07-01
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Section 539B: Local inspectionSection 540A: Provision for inquiries and trial being held in the absence of accused in certainSection 539A: Affidavit in proof of conduct of public servantSection 541: Power to appoint place of imprisonmentSection 539: Courts and persons before whom affidavits may be swornSection 542: [Power of Presidency Magistrate to order prisoner in jail to be brought up for
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